RIP leading on Russia
Thought that Steve Rosenberg had a very good a balanced view on Russia in the last Leading episode, very much in line with "liberal" side of Russian politics (mostly underground atm). I found a but strange that Alistair wasn't able to answer the question about reciprocal access of Russian media to UK politics - stories about what has happened during Blair's time are hardly relevant for today's relationships. I also find amusing Rory's naive lack of self-awareness on the topics of "How could we take money from Russian oligarchs? Couldn't we see what they were?" Yes you could - but UK is corrupt as many other places and would happily take money when sums are big enough, there's nothing exceptional. Anyway, as someone who left the county long time ago, soon after protests of 2010s, I found this episode strangely comforting, especially with the song in the end.